Toshiba Scraps Plans for Windows RT Tablet, Notebook

Toshiba said Tuesday it won’t launch a planned lineup of tablets and laptops running Windows software and powered by ARM-based processors.

A Toshiba representative said that the plan to launch Windows RT products changed “due to delayed components that would make a timely launch impossible,” adding that “for the time being, Toshiba will focus on bringing Windows 8 products to market.”

Toshiba had shared several designs ahead of the Computex trade show, including a Windows RT tablet with attachable keyboard and a second clamshell Windows RT notebook model. Both products were designed to work with Texas Instruments processors. Toshiba wouldn’t say if it was TI that was responsible for the delay.

“For confidentiality reasons, we cannot share any information on which vendor’s component has been delayed,” a Toshiba representative told AllThingsD.

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